Sehopotso sa lilemo tse 75 sa Ntoa ea Guadalcanal se 'nile sa boleloa e le sesosa se ka sehloohong lihlekehlekeng tsa Solomon tse rekotang palo ea tsona e kholo ka ho fetisisa ea baeti ba Phato ho tloha ha ho fihla litlaleho.

Kakaretso ea baeti ba 2589 ba fihlile ka Phato, palo e emelang keketseho ea 34.98 lekholong ho feta keketseho ea letlooa ho feta ea 1916 e tlalehiloeng ka Phato 2016 ka keketseho e tšoailoeng e bonoeng ho tsoa Australia, US, New Zealand mme haholo Japane.

Motsamaisi oa Ofisi ea Baeti ba Solomon Islands, Josefa 'Jo' Tuamoto o boletse ba 75^th Sehopotso ntle le pelaelo se phethile karolo ea bohlokoa ho sephetho.

"Ka lebaka la boiteko bo boholo bo ileng ba etsoa ho ntšetsa pele ketsahalo ena lefats'eng ka bophara, re ne re ts'epahale hore keketseho ea baeti ba rona ba machabeng ka hona sephetho se khahlisa haholo," ho boletse Mong Tuamoto.

"Nalane ea rona e makatsang ea WWII, mabala a rona a ntoa a bolokiloeng hantle le limusiamo tsa rona tsa ntoa li ntse li tsoela pele ho hohela haholo, haholo-holo palo e kholo ea likepe le lifofane tse tebileng tse re entseng sebaka se joalo bakeng sa mmaraka oa machabeng oa ho qoela.

"Baahi ba Lihlekehleke tsa Solomon ba phethile karolo ea bohlokoa phutuhong ea Guadalcanal mme ba motlotlo ka mokhoa o makatsang hore naha ea bona ke sebaka seo tokoloho e ileng ea loaneloa 'me qetellong ea hapeloa sebaka sa Pacific Boroa."

Lipalo tsa Australia li ile tsa boela tsa tsoela pele ho busa, palo ea 6425 e tlalehiloeng ka Phato ke keketseho ea liperesente tsa 3.4 ho feta 2016 6211 mme e emetse 35.41 ea ketelo eohle ea khoeli.

Kakaretso ea beng ba lipasa ba 1125 ba Amerika, keketseho ea liperesente tse 5.63 ho feta tse 1065 tse tlalehiloeng selemong se fetileng, ba ile ba etela khoeling eohle, boholo ba masole ana a Amerika a le teng bakeng sa mekete ea sehopotso hape, malapa a masole a Amerika a ileng a loana Guadalcanal letšolo.

E ne e le pale e ts'oanang le New Zealand eo le eona e nkileng karolo ea bohlokoa Lihlekehlekeng tsa Solomon nakong ea WWII. Kakaretso ea li-Kiwis tse 1108 tse etetsoeng ka Phato, keketseho ea liperesente tsa 5.63 ho feta ts'ebeliso ea 1065 Phato 2016.

Ba fihlileng Japane ba tlohile ho tloha ho 322 ka Phato 2016 ho isa ho 474, keketseho ea liperesente tsa 47.2, mme hoo e ka bang baeti bohle, ka mokhoa o ts'oanang le balekane ba bona ba Amerika, beng ka bona ba sesole sa Majapane ba loanneng letšolong lena.

Palo ea Phato 2017 e phethile karolo ea bohlokoa ho boloka sebaka seo se eang ho sona se le hantle bakeng sa selemo se setle ka palo ea baeti ba machabeng ba 16,190 e tlalehiloeng bakeng sa nako ea Pherekhong ho isa Phato e emelang keketseho ea 8.27 ho feta palo ea 14,953 e tlalehiloeng nakong e tšoanang ka 2016.

SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:

The August 2017 figure has played a key role in keeping the destination well on track for a positive year end with the 16,190 international visitor tally recorded for the period January to August representing an 8.
63 per cent increase over the 1065 recorded last year, visited across the month, many of these US military personnel on hand for the commemorative events and additionally, the families of US veterans who fought in the Guadalcanal campaign.
"Ka lebaka la boiteko bo boholo bo ileng ba etsoa ho ntšetsa pele ketsahalo ena lefats'eng ka bophara, re ne re ts'epahale hore keketseho ea baeti ba rona ba machabeng ka hona sephetho se khahlisa haholo," ho boletse Mong Tuamoto.